04/18/2014

[JURIST] A same-sex couple filed a lawsuit [text, PDF] on Wednesday with the Wisconsin Supreme Court [official website] seeking to strike down the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The Wisconsin Constitution was amended in 2006 to include Article XIII, section 13 [text, PDF] which states that, "Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state." The couple, Katherine and Linda Halopka-Ivery, filed the lawsuit directly with the Supreme Court,...